Monday, July 5, 2010

Protest in Reykjavik today ,and a singer injured by the police

Today there was a protest in front of the central Bank.
It is because that the central bank recomended that the banks increase the interests rate on the loans that the Supreme court said where illeagal.
But that the Central banks and the politicians di not like.
So ,they are trying to find ways to increase the interests rates .
People got angry and today ,they protested at the central Bank.
And one of the protesters was Ellen Kristjánsdóttir , a great singer here in ICeland ,and her brother is Kristján Kristjánsson ( KK ) a great musician.
And the police forced here from the Central bank building ,with such force, that she had to go to the hospital .
Here is a video of Ellen singing